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    Petty palace politicsOpinion
    Petty palace politics

    The curious case of Uttarakhand shows that getting elected to political office confers powers but no responsibilities.

    3 April 2016 6:40 PM

    Owning IndiaOpinion
    Owning India

    Javed Akhtar’s response to the “Bharat Mata ki Jai” controversy stoked by Asaduddin Owaisi — the...

    21 March 2016 5:50 PM

    Finance minister or supermomOpinion
    Finance minister or supermom

    High expectations in the near mystical ability of any finance minister to find a balm for all economic ills is common...

    25 Feb 2016 5:45 PM

    The A to Z of coastal economic zonesOpinion
    The A to Z of coastal economic zones

    Coastal bad ideas are as resilient as cockroaches — the only living being guaranteed to survive even a nuclear...

    16 Feb 2016 11:50 PM

    Trai’s socialism kills innovationOpinion
    Trai’s socialism kills innovation

    By ruling against Facebook’s Free Basics type of innovation, which offers, hitherto undreamed of, free but limited...

    10 Feb 2016 12:11 AM

    Exclusive citiesOpinion
    Exclusive cities

    The latest public “dog and pony show”, unveiled on Thursday in Delhi, is the selection of 20 cities across...

    29 Jan 2016 11:39 PM

    How to keep start-ups standingOpinion
    How to keep start-ups standing

    Being workaholics and 24x7 people, Team Modi must be avid coffee drinkers, with a yen for espresso.

    20 Jan 2016 12:04 AM

    books.jpgOpinion
    Small guys always win

    Star Wars episode VII tells it like it is, in reel life. The small guys — with fire in the belly and a higher...

    26 Dec 2015 5:32 PM

    Let billionaires save the worldOpinion
    Let billionaires save the world

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to give away 99 per cent of his shares in the company, assessed at $45...

    9 Dec 2015 5:18 PM

    It’s a rip-off!Opinion
    It’s a rip-off!

    A picture is worth a thousand words.

    21 Nov 2015 5:05 PM

    Bihar election is a red flagOpinion
    Bihar election is a red flag

    Nitish Kumar has decisively won the Bihar battle, defying the national trend.

    9 Nov 2015 1:09 AM

    Why no one loves ModiOpinion
    Why no one loves Modi

    In sarkari circles, an officer whom no one loves is an outlier — either cruelly termed “sanki” in...

    5 Nov 2015 5:28 PM

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